The Bad Plus Joshua Redman
{{Infobox album
| name = The Bad Plus Joshua Redman
| type = studio
| artist = The Bad Plus and Joshua Redman
| cover = The Bad.jpg
| border = yes
| released = {{Start date|2015|5|26}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Brooklyn Recording, NYC
| genre = Jazz
| length = {{Duration|m=59|s=14}}
| label = Nonesuch Records
| producer = The Bad Plus, Joshua Redman
| chronology = The Bad Plus
| prev_title = Inevitable Western
| prev_year = 2014
| next_title = It's Hard
| next_year = 2016
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Joshua Redman
| type = studio
| prev_title = Trios Live
| prev_year = 2014
| title = The Bad Plus Joshua Redman
| year = 2015
| next_title = Nearness
| next_year = 2016
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| MC = 84/100{{cite web|title=The Bad Plus Joshua Redman|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/the-bad-plus-joshua-redman/the-bad-plus|website=Metacritic|publisher=metacritic.com|accessdate=14 March 2017}}
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last1=Collar|first1=Matt|title=The Bad Plus Joshua Redman|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-bad-plus-joshua-redman-mw0002841444|website=Allmusic|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=14 March 2017}}
| rev2=The Australian
| rev2score={{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last1=McBeath |first1=John |title=Reviews: Nina Revisited, Bad Plus/Redman, Musgraves, Gurrumul |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/reviews-nina-revisited-bad-plusredman-musgraves-gurrumul/news-story/03d2a4131786974c0dc813d1e4ea36ad |website=The Australian |accessdate=10 July 2018 |date=August 1, 2015}}
| rev3 = The Buffalo News
| rev3score = {{rating|3.5|4}}{{cite web |last1=Simon |first1=Jeff |title=Disc reviews: Ozric Tentacles, Reynaldo Hahn, The Bad Plus Joshua Redman, Frank Vignola and Vinny Raniola |url=https://buffalonews.com/entertainment/music/disc-reviews-ozric-tentacles-reynaldo-hahn-the-bad-plus-joshua-redman-frank-vignola-and-vinny/article_93a58ec2-d64b-5bab-a73e-4b7463d56e43.html |website=The Buffalo News |accessdate=20 August 2020 |language=en |date=May 28, 2015}}
| rev4=Daily Telegraph
| rev4score={{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last1=Chilton |first1=Martin |title=22 THE BAD AND JOSHUA REDMAN: THE BAD PLUS JOSHUA REDMAN (NONESUCH) |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/best-jazz-albums-of-2015/ |website=Daily Telegraph |accessdate=10 July 2018 |date=30 December 2015}}
| rev5 = Drowned in Sound
| rev5score=8/10{{cite web |last1=Spenceley |first1=Haydon |title=The Bad Plus Joshua Redman |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/18843/reviews/4149074 |website=Drowned in Sound |accessdate=10 July 2018 |date=June 9, 2015}}
| rev6 = Financial Times
| rev6score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |last1=Hobart |first1=Mike | title=The Bad Plus Joshua Redman: The Bad Plus Joshua Redman — review | url=https://www.ft.com/content/2718e4f6-07f1-11e5-9579-00144feabdc0 |website=Financial Times |accessdate=10 February 2020 |date=5 June 2015}}
| rev7 = The Guardian
| rev7score= {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last1=Fordham |first1=John |title=The Bad Plus Joshua Redman review – challenging, imaginative collaboration |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/04/the-bad-plus-joshua-redman-review-challenging-imaginative-collaboration |website=The Guardian |accessdate=10 July 2018 |date=4 June 2015}}
| rev8 = Jazz Forum
| rev8score = {{rating|5|5}}{{cite web |last1=Baron |first1=Piotr|title=The Bad Plus Joshua Redman {{!}} Jazz Forum |url=http://jazzforum.com.pl/index.php/main/cd/the-bad-plus |website=Jazz Forum |accessdate=27 September 2020 }}
| rev9 = Jazzwise
| rev9score={{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last1=Nicholson|first1=Stuart |title=Review Search |url=https://www.jazzwise.com/review-search?searchText=joshua+redman |website=Jazzwise |access-date=25 November 2020 |language=en |date=July 2015}}
| rev10 = PopMatters
| rev10score=8/10{{cite web |last1=LAYMAN |first1=WILL |title=The Bad Plus Joshua Redman: The Bad Plus Joshua Redman |url=https://www.popmatters.com/195946-the-bad-plus-joshua-redman-the-bad-plus-joshua-redman-2495501810.html# |website=PopMatters |accessdate=10 July 2018 |date=3 August 2015}}
}}
The Bad Plus Joshua Redman is a 2015 album by jazz trio The Bad Plus and saxophonist Joshua Redman.{{cite web|url=http://www.thebadplus.com |title=The Bad Plus : Home |publisher=thebadplus.com |accessdate=2015-05-21}}{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2015/05/17/406446091/first-listen-joshua-redman-the-bad-plus-the-bad-plus-joshua-redman |title=First Listen: Joshua Redman & The Bad Plus, 'The Bad Plus Joshua Redman' |publisher=npr.org |accessdate=2015-05-21}} The album was generally positively received, achieving a Metacritic score of 84%.
Background
The record is the group's eleventh studio album and the first one in collaboration with Joshua Redman. It only contains original compositions, except for "Dirty Blonde" and "Silence is the Question" which already appeared on previous albums.
Reception
Evan Haga of JazzTimes wrote " The album includes nine tracks, including two compositions apiece by Redman and pianist Ethan Iverson, four by bassist Reid Anderson (including two pieces previously recorded by TBP) and one by drummer Dave King. There are none of TBP’s calling-card deconstructions of pop hits, and you don’t miss them; the original music is excellent and wide-ranging and deftly arranged, in a way that underscores both the trio’s affinity for composition and the fresher, more noticeably improvised terrain that Redman’s presence opens up".{{cite web |last1=Haga |first1=Evan |title=The Bad Plus Joshua Redman: The Bad Plus Joshua Redman |url=https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/the-bad-plus-joshua-redman-the-bad-plus-joshua-redman/ |website=JazzTimes |accessdate=10 July 2018 |date=16 July 2015}} Nate Chinen of The New York Times mentioned, "As a chemistry experiment, the album is a knockout."{{cite web |last1=Chinen |first1=Nate |title=Review: Joshua Redman Joins the Bad Plus in a Chemistry Experiment |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/26/arts/music/review-joshua-redman-joins-the-bad-plus-in-a-chemistry-experiment.html |website=The New York Times |accessdate=10 February 2020 |date=25 May 2015}}
Michael Ullman of The Arts Fuse wrote "One of the longest lasting small groups in jazz, The Bad Plus is also one of the most creatively satisfying. With the galvanic addition of Redman, the ensemble is now made up of four intense virtuosos whose musical intelligence is as impeccable as their instrumental chops. They write exquisitely crafted originals in a startling range of styles."{{cite web |last1=Ullman |first1=Michael |title=Fuse Jazz Review: The Bad Plus Joshua Redman—Making Beauty Easily |url=http://artsfuse.org/136270/fuse-jazz-review-the-bad-plus-joshua-redman-making-beauty-easily/ |website=The Arts Fuse |accessdate=10 July 2018 |date=October 28, 2015}}
Jon Garelick of The Boston Globe mentioned "Having covered Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man,” Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring,” and, most recently, Ornette Coleman’s epochal “Science Fiction,” piano trio the Bad Plus returns to its own intricate explorations of song form and improvisation".{{cite web |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2015/05/25/album-review-joshua-redman-and-bad-plus-the-bad-plus-joshua-redman/8WdQ1FbICntfOUyLWLsImI/story.html |website=The Boston Globe|first=Jon|last=Garelick|title=Joshua Redman and the Bad Plus, ‘The Bad Plus Joshua Redman’|date=26 May 2015|access-date=10 July 2018}} Mike Hobart of Financial Times commented, "Here, saxophonist Joshua Redman adds much-needed heft and brings the best out of drummer Dave King and pianist Ethan Iverson, transforming a somewhat derivative repertoire into an appealing personal statement."
Track listing
{{tracklist
| total_length = 59:14
| title1 = As This Moment Slips Away
| writer1 = Anderson
| length1 = 6:55
| title2 = Beauty Has It Hard
| writer2 = King
| length2 = 7:03
| title3 = County Seat
| writer3 = Iverson
| length3 = 3:06
| title4 = The Mending
| writer4 = Redman
| length4 = 4:13
| title5 = Dirty Blonde
| writer5 = Anderson
| length5 = 5:35
| title6 = Faith Through Error
| writer6 = Iverson
| length6 = 3:21
| title7 = Lack the Faith But Not the Wine
| writer7 = Anderson
| length7 = 7:16
| title8 = Friend or Foe
| writer8 = Redman
| length8 = 8:39
| title9 = Silence Is the Question
| writer9 = Anderson
| length9 = 13:30
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Japanese bonus track
| title10 = Undersea Reflection
| writer10 = Anderson
| length10 = 5:07
}}
Personnel
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://joshuaredman.com}}
{{The Bad Plus}}
{{Joshua Redman}}
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